The Rigged-Up Net

Evidentally, Paul thinks I’m a Metrosexual. And then Dirk calls me on the way home to listen to NPR because they’re playing something about metrosexuality on the air… well… here’s some info on it… check it out for yourself: http://www.theage.com.au/cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/03/10/1047144914842.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/933020.asp?0si=- http://www.theeastcarolinian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/07/11/3f0ebce718a92 http://mensnewsdaily.com/archive/p/purcell/03/purcell062603.htm http://www.sundayherald.com/34672 Frankly, I may be a quasi-Metrosexual… but I like cars… and […]

This is cool: http://pcfil.com/matrix.html?D0=1000000000 Thanks Bart!

I thought that this was a bit weird, but evidentally it works… Brava: High Tech Breast Enlargement See how a microchip-packing bra can increase a woman’s chest size http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/features/story/0,23008,3378797,00.html Video clip here.

This is prettty cool… check out the “How it works” link http://www.octodog.net/

Women can ovulate more than once a month Women may ovulate more than once a month, suggests a Canadian study that overturns conventional views on the human menstrual cycle. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993927

Need a cheap 5 port 10/100 switch? How about SIX bucks! I have one next to my sofa – works great. http://morestuff4less.com/2003/07/08.html#a2828

Stolen from Eric Christopher Blommel has a vision for a better world – one where every man would carry in his wallet a small cellophane packet containing a product that can come in handy in an emergency. http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/may03/141675.asp

Seven (7) New York City bartenders were asked if they could nail a woman’s personality based on what she drinks…. they concurred on almost all counts.

Printer ink seven times more expensive than Dom Perignon Printer manufacturers are ripping off consumers by overcharging for printer cartridges, according to a study by the Consumer Association’s Which? magazine. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/31569.html

Thousands of kids catch the bus everyday. But now a dangerous defect is catching school officials off-guard, and crews at area districts are scrambling to make repairs. http://www.msnbc.com/local/KMOL/D-DA4CC746-45AE-45C3-A8C5-167E8E857445.asp?0na=x22282B0-

Microsoft to award stock, end options Microsoft said Tuesday it plans to start giving employees grants of stock rather than options to buy shares, as part of a shift in the way the software maker compensates its employees. http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1014_3-1023840.html

Rackspace teams with Red Hat to offer Linux services Rackspace Managed Hosting of San Antonio says it has partnered with Red Hat Inc. to provide a fail-safe environment for enterprises to run complex operations on the Linux platform. http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2003/07/07/daily2.html

Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About Nothing keeps a relationship on its toes so much as lively debate. Fortunate, then, that my girlfriend and I agree on absolutely nothing. At all. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mil.millington/things.html (thanks Hilary!)

And people wonder why I make a huge fuss about how my car doesn’t lock the doors automagically… http://www.msnbc.com/local/KMOL/D-32D7B427-0BEC-4B75-97A3-2B806D7E72B4.asp?0na=x2202ES7-

So Annie sent me this link from NPR… it looks like I’m not the only one interested in FOUND. http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1311376

Original Gangster We have a bad guy play bad-guy games. And he steals our GameCube In the July issue of Electronics Gaming Monthly, we interviewed Henry Hill–you know, the guy the movie Goodfellas was based on? He worked for the mob, participated in the $6mil Lufthansa heist in ’78 (the biggest ever at the time), […]

Restaurant gets ‘recycled’ rice warning The Lille Buddha restaurant in Tromsoe has received a sharp warning from the regional Food Control Authority after a former waiter reported the eatery for reusing unfinished servings of rice and drinks, newspaper Nordlys reports. http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=563658

Opposites do not attract in mating game The idea that women are hunting for rich husbands while men choose wives for their beauty is a long way from the truth, suggests a new study. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993887

Do-Not-Call List Grows to More Than 10 Million Millions of people are declaring their phone numbers off limits to sales pitches by signing up with the national do-not-call list. http://www.msnbc.com/local/KMOL/D-AF604CAC-F8CF-4552-B3F0-F8DB54E074B1.asp?0na=x2213120-